Monthly Archives: November 2017

KUWAIT: Oil minister and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq stressed that Kuwait's water security strategy is basically dependent on desalinating seawater and denied any current plans to import freshwater. "Importing freshwater can only happen if the cost...

Victims receive burial in Al-Najaf - Three people in a critical condition, eight cases stable
KUWAIT: Commander of Kuwait's Air Force Major General Abdullah Al-Fodari stressed on Friday that the Kuwaitis injured during a road accident in Iraq were successfully...

77 percent reject the boycott of Qatar - 85 percent give Iran's behavior an unfavorable rating
KUWAIT: As US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson returns from the Middle East, where he focused on challenges from Iran and intra-Arab divisions,...

KUWAIT: A special forces agent dressed in full uniform was arrested for possession and abuse of drugs, resisting arrest, attempting to escape and assaulting fellow policemen. In a similar incident, two police detectives were arrested in two separate incidents...

I feel social media is turning into social curse these days. The Hindustan Times newspaper published a sad report about an Indian woman who was raped on the sidewalk in an Indian city in front of pedestrians during daytime...

Company held special event for 10 consecutive hours
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, held a special event at the Avenues Mall in celebration of the official launch of the all-new iPhone X. The event was held on...

Arabiya claims Hariri was target of assassination plot
BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation yesterday, citing Iran's "grip" on the country and threats to his life. The surprise move risks plunging the small and already fragile Middle...

Iranians mark anniversary of US embassy takeover
BEIRUT: Iran put a ballistic missile on display as thousands marched yesterday to mark the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy, with a senior official accusing President Donald Trump of...

HEBRON: Hitler, Castro and Saddam Hussein meet in a bar. It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but in the Palestinian territories it is actually possible. Palestinians often name their children after famous celebrities, national heroes or...

PARIS: The Islamic State group may have just lost the last major city of its self-proclaimed "caliphate", but experts and officials warn this is far from being the jihadists' deathblow. Analysts say the Syrian army's recapture of Deir Ezzor...

Purge of local officials designed to shore up support
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the recent weeks forced from office several of Turkey's big city mayors, in a purge of local officials designed to shore up support for...

BISHKEK: When Sayfullo Saipov used a truck to mow people down on a New York street, ultimately killing eight according to terror charges, he guaranteed his former homeland Uzbekistan would receive the worst kind of headlines. People from ex-Soviet...